Best business hotels 2012: The winners

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Photos:Best business hotels 2012, as chosen by Wallpaper*

The Georges, Istanbul – This year's Best Business hotel winner, the Georges, is a tiny gem of a boutique hotel, hidden in an art nouveau mansion on a narrow cobbled lane in Istanbul's Galata district.

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Photos:Best business hotels 2012, as chosen by Wallpaper*

The Georges, Istanbul – Inspired by Paris's hotels particuliers, the Georges is decorated with dark parquet floors, bespoke brass fixtures, ornamental plaster panels and handcrafted wood furnishings by local artisans. Most of its 21 rooms have balconies overlooking the Bosphorus. But what makes this place irresistible for business or leisure is that each room comes with its own private butler on hand for any request.

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Photos:Best business hotels 2012, as chosen by Wallpaper*

Park Hyatt, Sydney – Runner up in the Wallpaper list, and relaunched after a luxurious AU$65m ($68m) makeover earlier this year, Park Hyatt Sydney is a low-slung sandstone structure located within the historic rocks district on Sydney Harbour's Campbell's Cove.

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Park Hyatt, Sydney – There are 155 rooms, including three new rooftop suites adjacent to the pool on the fourth floor, all of which have balconies with a view. The prestigious Sydney Suite is the grandest with almost 360-degree views of the bridge, harbor and opera house.

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Downtown, Mexico City – Located in Mexico City's Centro Historico, Downtown is housed in one of the capital's few remaining 17th-century palaces.

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Downtown, Mexico City – Originally known as the Palacio de los Condes de Miravalle, Downtown has a red volcanic rock façade, traditional handmade tiles in the rooms, perfectly manicured patios, and a stone-forged staircase dating from the colonial period.

Fasano Boa Vista, Porto Feliz – The complex spans 12 million square meters of virgin landscape, a third of which is covered by natural forest and natural lakes.

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Jervois, Hong Kong – Hong Kong's Jervois makes the most of its location in the heart of Sheung Wan's hive of shops, galleries and restaurants.

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Jervois, Hong Kong – The third development from local National Properties Holdings, Jervois was designed by two Frenchmen, Florent Nédélec (exteriors) and Christian Liaigre (interiors). The top five penthouse floors overlook Victoria Harbour.

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Wythe Hotel, New York – This industrial building on the Brooklyn waterfront is now the Wythe Hotel, a 72-room facility with original exposed brickwork, arched windows and cast-iron columns.

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Wythe Hotel, New York – A former cooperage dating from 1901, the hotel's common areas and bar are located in a striking new rooftop glass box extension.

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NoMad, New York – NoMad is a new hotel housed in a turn-of-the-century Beaux-Arts building in the New York's NoMad neighbourhood (north of Madison Square Park).

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NoMad, New York – The hotel houses a grand library that comes complete with an eclectic literary collection.

Hotel Daniel, Vienna – Designed by architects Atelier Heisse, Hotel Daniel is filled with a mix of antique and contemporary pieces by local designers.

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Story highlights

Wallpaper* has picked its best business hotels of 2012

The winner is the Georges, a tiny boutique hotel in Istanbul

Other highlights include New York's Nomad and Fasano Boa Vista, in Brazil

Tired of staying in anonymous corporate hotels? Maybe you should try one of the gorgeous lodgings named by Wallpaper* as its best business hotels of 2012.

A panel of well-traveled creatives picked the hotels from a shortlist. Highlights include New York's NoMad, which houses a two-floor library that turns into a cocktail bar, and the Fasano Boa Vista, in Brazil -- a resort that has natural forest and lakes in its vast grounds.

But this year's best business hotel is the Georges, a tiny boutique establishment in Istanbul's Galata district, which offers its pampered guests a private butler. Who says you shouldn't mix business with pleasure?